The premise of currently filming period C-drama General and I is really one of female appreciation, and not with the visual gaze but with the mental connection. Adapted from popular C-novel A Lonesome Fragrance Waiting to be Appreciated (Gu Fang Bu Zhi Shang), it’s a warring states star-crossed romance that makes the gorgeous male lead the eye candy while the … Continue reading →
I’m so pleased to do a blog post on the drama wrap party for KBS Mon-Tues medical drama Beautiful Mind. It was as lowly rated as it gets for a prime time drama, with ratings averaging in the 4% range, and ended up with the most ignominious and egregious treatment of all by its very own network with an episode cut. … Continue reading →
The first Korean-Chinese release since the purported Chinese government ban/suspension of Hallyu-related entertainment has arrived and doesn’t appear to be affected in the least. Romance movie Never Said Goodbye (Chinese title Lies in Sicily) starring K-actor Lee Jun Ki, C-actress Zhou Dong Yu, and TW-actor Ethan Ruan held it’s premiere press conference this weekend in Beijing ahead of its August … Continue reading →
The casting of Han Hyo Joo in currently airing MBC drama W: Two Worlds has ended rather anticlimatically considering the initial feedback. It was either a major win for MBC considering her last drama was four years ago with the highly rated sageuk Dong Yi, or a major fail with her detractors smarting over her lack of acting improvement or the … Continue reading →
Keep the goodies coming, K-version of Bu Bu Jing Xin, it’s a thirst quencher for a parched summertime Koala. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (Bobogyungsim: Ryeo) unveiled three new lead stills this week – Lee Jun Ki taking off his half mask as the intense 4th Prince, Kang Ha Neul writing as the refined 8th Prince, and ingenue IU in … Continue reading →
This is one drama that fell down on my interest radar after casting panned out, and has now started filming quite under the radar. Upcoming KBS Wed-Thurs drama On the Way to the Airport released script reading stills featuring leads Kim Ha Neul, Lee Sang Yoon, Shin Sung Rok, Jang Hee Jin, and Choi Yeo Jin, with the drama slated … Continue reading →
K-actor Yoo Seung Ho won’t be moving into the KBS house just yet, last week he’s officially declined the leading man role in the network’s upcoming Mon-Tues drama The Man Living in Our House. That’s okay, the offer is forever out for him to become the man living in my house. The drama is slated to follow Moonlight Drawn by … Continue reading →
Things are not well in Sino-Korean political relations and the first big casualty is the spread of Hallyu. Due to the Chinese government being disgruntled that the South Korean government is installing THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) to protect itself against mainly the threat that is crazy sibling North Korea, there is now a reported ban on all Korean … Continue reading →
This isn’t an I told you so moment, but I certainly called it way back when news broke the same week that in early July that Michelle Chen and Chen Xiao were expecting a baby and also Ruby Lin and Wallace Huo were expecting a baby. If this was olden days their babies could be betrothed at birth and create … Continue reading →
Kim Tae I so want to give this upcoming jTBC drama the benefit of the doubt that it’ll live up to it’s name and actually be Fantastic, because it certainly has a fantastic main cast in Kim Hyun Joo, Joo Sang Wook, Kim Tae Hoon, and Ji Soo. But it’s hard to remain optimistic when the glaring word in the … Continue reading →
I get why Kim Rae Won is polarizing in the currently airing SBS drama Doctors. It’s not him or his acting, it’s his character of Hong Ji Hong that is alternately charming and slightly patronizing. It’s a bit pointless of analyze his character since all of Doctors is basically surface layer narrative on both personal and professional growth whether as doctors … Continue reading →
This may be the first big K-drama casting kerfluffle this year 2016, and it’s certainly big news but for the star involved. Rookie K-actress Kim Joo Hyun went through a months long audition process for the upcoming K-drama adaptation of My Sassy Girl, to be set in the Joseon period as a historical, but less than a month after winning … Continue reading →
I can certainly bask for a long time simply on the pretty alone in upcoming youth sageuk Moonlight Drawn by Clouds. Still premiering on Monday August 22nd following the conclusion of the Olympic Games coverage on KBS, after Beautiful Mind was cut short due to low ratings, who knows if this drama has a shot at bringing in viewers before … Continue reading →
